diff --git a/daprdocs/content/en/reference/components-reference/supported-bindings/cron.md b/daprdocs/content/en/reference/components-reference/supported-bindings/cron.md index 70d6d9599..719329a74 100644 --- a/daprdocs/content/en/reference/components-reference/supported-bindings/cron.md +++ b/daprdocs/content/en/reference/components-reference/supported-bindings/cron.md @@ -59,6 +59,20 @@ For ease of use, the Dapr cron binding also supports few shortcuts: * `@every 15s` where `s` is seconds, `m` minutes, and `h` hours * `@daily` or `@hourly` which runs at that period from the time the binding is initialized +## Listen to the cron binding + +After setting up the cron binding, all we need to do is listen on an endpoint that matches the name of our component. let's assume the is `scheduled`. Note that this will be made as a HTTP `POST` request. The example below shows how a simple Node.js Express application can receive calls on the `/scheduled` endpoint and write a message to the console. + +```js +app.post('/scheduled', async function(req, res){ + console.log("scheduled endpoint called", req.body) + res.status(200).send() +}); +``` + +If we run this, we'll see that the /scheduled endpoint is called every five minutes by the Dapr sidecar. + + ## Binding support This component supports both **input and output** binding interfaces. @@ -74,3 +88,4 @@ This component supports **output binding** with the following operations: - [How-To: Trigger application with input binding]({{< ref howto-triggers.md >}}) - [How-To: Use bindings to interface with external resources]({{< ref howto-bindings.md >}}) - [Bindings API reference]({{< ref bindings_api.md >}}) +- [Scheduled tasks with the Cron binding in Dapr](https://markheath.net/post/dapr-cron-binding)